Musicians from Bratislava State Conservatory of
Music held two concerts; "An Evening at the Opera", Wyoming Seminary and "An Evening of Sacred and Slovak Folk Music",
First Presbyterian Church, Wilkes-Barre

Printed material in the form of
reference books, art books, journals, histories, poetry collections, classical
and folk music recordings, children’s stories (some from Matica Slovenska),
copies of the Murgaš Video,
and other recordings and books were donated to the Public and College Libraries.Slovak Music CDs were donated to WVIAFM, our local Public Radio
Broadcasting system. The Murgaš
Video continues to be aired regularly on WVIA TV. Our volunteers served at the Jankola Library in Danville.
Copies of "Slovak Customs and Traditions" were presented to various
libraries. Recently, we donated to the sponsorship of "Colorful China", a
musical group, through World Artist Experience.

Luzerne County Folk Festival
from 1984 to 1995 included:

Crafts and Handmade Ornaments

Slovak Village Kitchen & Bedroom

Slovak Immigrant Memorabilia

Slovak Costumes, Linens and
Embroideries

Pictorial Essay of Slovak Freedom
Fighters

Christmas Traditions

St. Nicholas Feast Day and Vilija

Morana – A Rite of Spring

Wedding Display

Sharing Family Heirlooms

Putting Up the Cabbage for Winter

Eckley Miner’s Village

Society volunteers give guided tours of the Slovak Home annually at the Patch
Town Days. An exhibit and lecture are presented for the Eckley Miner’s Village
volunteers.

In 1992 the Scholarship fund was
established. This was used to supplement the scholarships awarded to five
students from Slovakia to local colleges, who were housed by Society members.
There is a continuing program to assist Slovak Gymnazium students who receive
grants to attend Wyoming Seminary Preparatory School in Kingston, PA. Stipends
were also given to 3 youths attending the World Youth Festival in Paris. Winners
of the Michael Bosak Prize competition are hosted by the society when they visit
the United States.

Professor Emeritus Philip R. Tuhy
regularly attends conferences in Slovakia as the representative of the Slovak
Heritage Society. He has served on various Slovak university faculties and is
currently the Chairman of the Adjudication Panel for the Annual Michael Bosak
Prize.

Other members who have served on
various Slovak faculties are: Trude Check-Tuhy, Francis Luther, Jean Olexy and
Andrew Sofranko.

The Slovak
Show and Tellwas an afternoon of reminiscing and socializing
at the concluding celebration of our 25th Anniversary year, held on Sunday,
October 19, 2008.

The SHOW portion was a PowerPoint picture
presentation of the various activities sponsored by the Society over the past 25
years. It brought back many memories. Pictures of Folk Festival displays, the
Murgaš exhibits, the cooking classes, St. Nicholas Hymn-Sing, Lenten Hymn-Sing
and Stations, the Youth Festival, Christmas at W-B Court House, special
visitors, special presentations, community activities, Slovak classes, lectures
and tours. We did a lot in the past 25 years.

One of the slides shown was the
Treasury we are leaving for our
descendents:

The
TELL
portion was very enjoyable. We sat in a circle drinking coffee and eating nut,
poppy seed and cheese rolls. We shared memories and then discussed some of the
Slovak expressions that apply for every occasion and situation in life. Tom
Check had a quite a few that he remembered from his Mother. Margaret Baker and
Magdalen Benish brought two books with phrases. We also found some folklore in
the Society’s
Slovak Folk Customs and Traditions book. A motherism that we find
ourselves using every day is “If you don’t use your head you have to use your
feet.” An added treat was that Andrew Chuba brought his accordion and we sang
our delightful Slovak folk songs.

Neny som zviedavý,
len chcem vedieť!!!

I’m not nosey, I
just want to know!!!

We did want to
know and we were fortunate to find some interesting things during our
conversations.